Re: [ARSCLIST] Not using headphones

[Marcos Sueiro Bal <mls2137@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lou,

True, as a blanket statement it is a bit useless. But  in a live situation,
I would almost always deal with a singer that is too loud than one that is
too soft, and I have encountered the latter far more frequently. Few singers
can overload an SM-58, although it does happen. But if you have a drum kit
and rock guitars behind a whispering singer... that's when the trouble
starts. I see that much more with younger perfromers, the ones that have
grown up overdubbing their vocals, or in a separate vocal booth.

There was one young band that played what they called "old-timey" music and
tried the "old-timey" approach of having just one microphone on a [small]
stage, which I was looking forward to. It was a disaster: their singing
could not be heard above their instruments, and they said they could not
hear themselves. Microphone or not, their balance was *acoustically* way
off.

Marcos

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Judson" <loujudson@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Not using headphones


I do live sound for a lot of acoustic music, and find wide variation in
singing delivery. I don't think a generalization like "singers do not
project" is viable as a blanket statement - I know many too loud as
well as too soft, and an unfortunate few with no fear at all!

But then I don't see much electric music or rock kind of thing at all
either... You may be right though.

<L>

Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689

On Aug 29, 2006, at 5:26 AM, Marcos Sueiro Bal wrote:

> I have started to think that is a big psychological factor as well,
> and a
> big reason for why singers do not project when singing live anymore.